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Bibi Zainab – Resources

Jan 19, 2021 | Aimmah

Here are some resources to help mark the life of Bibi Zainab:

  • A puppet show on her birth:

  • A poem about Bibi Zainab:

  • Children’s Hour special on Bibi Zainab@

  • A visual look on her life:

  • An animation on her role in Kerbala:

  • A short clip on Bibi Zainab by a Catholic priest:

  • A book on Bibi Zainab (suitable for older children) can be downloaded here.
  • Here is a craft idea – this was done after discussing her qualities:

  • Here is another craft idea based on her timeline as sent in by a mum:

“My 6 year old daughter created this art on canvas showing Bibi Zainab (as) on Siratul Mustaqeem guiding us, through the lessons we learn from her life, all the way to Jannah!

She is holding an alam, and on her superheroine cape are written her titles, ‘Sharikatul Husayn – …Imam Husayn’s partner in his mission to save Islam’ and ‘Aalima Ghayr Mu’allima – One who knows without being taught’ (title given by Imam Zainul Abideen, as Bibi used to conduct Islamic classes for the women of Madina and Kufa and was revered for her knowledge and wisdom).

She also included Bibi’s famous, powerful and most profound words, summing up her life’s philosophy of placing Allah’s (swt) pleasure at the centre of all she did and thought: ‘I see nothing but beauty’ – ‘Ma ra’aitu illa jameela’ when asked by Ibne Ziyad at his court how she found the events of Karbala.

She drew and captioned pictures to create a simple timeline of her life, from her blessed birth to her death at 57 years.

Timeline:

Born on 5/5/5 – 5th Jamadil Awwal 5AH

At 7 years – Bibi Fatema (as), her mother, and Rasulullah (saw), her grandfather, pass away

At 12 years – she got married to Abdullah bin Jaffar e Tayyar and they had 6 kids including Awn and Muhammad

At 32 years, Imam Ali (as) became the khalifa and they moved to Kufa with him

At 35 years, the martyrdom of Imam Ali (as) takes place

Bibi then moved back to Madina to support Imam Hassan (as) in his imamat

At 45 years, Imam Hassan (as) is poisoned and passes away

At 55 years, she witnesses the tragedy of Karbala, Kufa, Shaam, back to Karbala on Arbaeen – Bibi established the institution of Majlis Al Husayn, Allah’s University! – and then return to Madina

At 57 years, she passed away – most say in Sham but there are also reports that she’s buried in Cairo, Egypt or Madina”

  • One mum said: ‘We spoke about Bibi Zainab’s line “I saw nothing but beauty” and we should see beauty in everything because everything was created by Allah. We then made these binoculars using cardboard tubes, coloured paper and ribbon.’

  • One mum said: ‘We held a small family majlis at home and talked about Bibi Zainab’s role in telling the people what happened to her brother, Imam Husayn. We did a little experiment to demonstrate how she established the concept of a majlis with the following simple story using a pack of Skittles, a plate and some warm water:

    “After Bibi Zainab returned home, she gathered a group of people” (Put a handful of skittles on a plate)
    “She told them to sit around her” (Get kids to help arrange the skittles in a circle around the plate)
    “Bibi Zainab told them about what happened in Karbala. This made people sad and they began to cry” (Slowly pour warm water in the middle of the plate so it covers the whole plate and skittles)
    “And as they cried, their love for the Ahlulbayt became even stronger and the message of Islam was spread” (watch as the colours from the skittles spread through the water to make a beautiful pattern)’

Bibi Fatima’s Martyrdom – Ideas and Resources

Mar 10, 2019 | Aimmah

Here are some resources to mark the days of Ayyam-e-Fatimiyya:

  • This timeline by Reflect14 clearly and simply shows the chain of events that led to her death and is a great visual teaching tool.
  • This is a workbook by Reflect 14 – great for ages 6-9 years
  • Here are several resources on Bibi Fatima by QFatima – including a workbook great for ages 8-12 years
  • Here are several resources on Bibi Fatima by Kisa Kids, including project booklets with lesson plans and activities for children aged 5-12 years, a play on Fadak and more.
  • This is a simple biography on Bibi Fatima’s life

  • This animated clip covers Fadak and Bibi’s sermon when it was snatched from her after the Prophet’s death.

  • This is a visual of the beating of the door and it being set on fire:

  • This is a craft idea:

Here’s another craft idea on the wafat of Lady Fatima (as) sent in by a mum…

1- Children Painted a Poster boards brown and red. We cut them in half to look like a door. ( this was toddler height). We also cut the red into flames.

2- We glued the fire onto the door and shared the horrific tragedy that fell on Bibi Fatema and Baby Mohsin AS.

 

3- We also learned the different titles of Bibi Fatema and made a flower out of the petals. The petals on the front had the title and when you lift it the meaning of the title and how it applied to Bibi Fatema AS.

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4- For the wall in our house we made a bigger door and a bigger flower. For the flowers stem we used it as a time line to depict all the important events in her life.

    • A group of students also prepared the following display:

     

  • One mum did a Nature Treasure Hunt. The children had to give the answers to the questions using objects from the garden: